Shoe-repairing jack.



.J. H. OLEMMER. sacs REPAIRING JACK. APPLICATION FILED SEPT; 27, 1912. 1 1 32, 072, Patented Mar. 16, 19115.

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INVENTOR MAI [ante THE NORRIS PEIERS CO-. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTDN. D C- J. H. CLEMMER. SHOE REPAIRING JACK. APPLICATION I'ILYED SEPT. 27, 1912.

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WITNESSES [NVENTOR w MX.C@ A M 1 mm L AQ/Ilz'orney THE NORRIS PETERS CO-. PHOTD-LITHQ. WASHINGTUN. D. C.

J. H-, CLEMMBR.

SHOE REPAIRING JACK.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912 Patented Mar 16, 1915 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 &

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JAMES HARBOLD CLEMMER, OF BLUECREEK, WEST VIRGINIA.

SHOE-REPAIRING JACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 12 15.

Application filed September 27, 1912. Serial N 0. 722,642.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. GLEMMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bluecreek, in the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Repairing Jacks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe repairing jacks.

Among the objects of the invention are the provision of means whereby the jack may be operated so that the shoe last may be rotated or swung in a horizontal plane and also swung in a vertical plane to enable the last to be adjusted to practically .any position desired by the workman, and to provide means to fasten the parts in adjusted positions.

Another object of the invention is to provide means forming part of the jack for gaging and clamping heels to shoes placed upon the last.

A further object of the invention is to provide means to adjust and secure the gaging means in such position that the same may be set at any desired adjustment and the adjustment maintained so that both shoes of a pair may have the heels thereof built from the same adjustment, insuring likeness in the building of both heels, and at the same time by employing such clamping and gaging means straps such as are usually employed and which buckle the shoe to the shoe last are dispensed with and the objection to the same, that is, that it is difli cult to correctly position heels upon the shoe last therewith, and build heels of both shoes of a pair alike with the use of such straps, is avoided.

A still further object is to provide, in such a device, a detachable last with simple and efiective means to lock the same to the jack. By looking the last to the jack, the last will not be removed from the jack when the shoe is removed, as is the case with the present construction of jacks.

Other objects will become apparent as the description progresses.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In these drawings :Figures 1 and 2, collectively, show the ack in end elevation, the first view being of the lower portion of the jack and the second view being of the remainder of the jack. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of that portion of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a vertical section taken through the upper or shoe last supporting section of the jack, and Fig. 5 is a section of the same part taken at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 4:.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a hollow base member which is suitably supported as from a floor, and which is preferably split as at 3 and provided with lugs 24 adjacent said split, through which extends a bolt 5 provided with a hand nut 6. An intermediate section 7 is provided with a shank 8 which extends into the base 1 and rests upon its upper surface by means of a shoulder 9. This shank is provided with an annular groove 9 into which extends a set screw 10. The section 7 may be turned relatively to the section 1 to any desired extent and secured in adjusted position by frictional engagement of the section 1 with its shank by screwing the hand nut 6 upon the bolt 5.

The section 7 is provided with suitable ears 11 between which is received a lug or extension 12 of an intermediate section 13 of the jack. Through suitable openings in the ears 11 and lug 12 extends a bolt 14 provided with a hand nut 15. The section 13 may be swung in a vertical plane from the bolt 14 and secured in any adjusted position in a vertical plane by means of the frictional engagement of the ears 11 with the lug 12 obtained by screwing the nut 15 upon the bolt 14.

Into the upper portion of the section 13 is received a shank 16 of a shoe last supporting section 17. The section 17 rests upon the section 13 by means of a shoulder 18. The shank 16 is provided with an annular groove 19 into which extends a set screw 20 passing through the section 13. The section 13 at its upper portion is preferably split and provided with lugs 21 adj acent the split, through which lugs extends a bolt 22 which is engaged by a hand nut 23. By means of this construction the section 17, when the nut 28 has been loosened, may be swung or turned horizontally with respect to said section 13 and may be secured in adjusted position in said horizontal plane by tightening the nut 23 upon the bolt 22, so that the shank 16 will be frictionally grasped by the upper portion of the section 13.

The section 17, at its upper end, is provided with a post 24: upon which is removably placed the shoe last 25. A fiat s ring 26 is suitably secured to the section 1 and is provided with a hook 27 adapted to engage a part of the shoe last 25, so as to positively secure the lastupon the post 2%- and prevent the removal of the last with a shoe which maybe placed thereon. To release the hooktrom engagement with the shoe last 25 a lever 28 pivoted to the section 17 at 29 works in suitable slots provided in said section, the lever being provided with a portion 30 adapted to force the hook 27 away from its seat upon actuation of the lever so that the last may be removed, if desired.

By reason of the fact that the section 17 is securely fastened .touthe section 13, said sections may be swung as a unit from the bolt 14:. In addition to the action of the bolt 14 and nut 15 for rigidly :securing the "section 13 in adjusted position, additional means maybe provided .for rigidly securing "section 13 inadjusted position, which means also maybe provided witlrmeans tosecure said Section 13 and connectedwsection 17 in predetermined adjusted positions. rSaid additional means preferably consists of an open-member 31 which is rigidly-secured to the section 13 by means ofset-screws 31: and which is provitledwith the segmental portion 32 whose inner edge preferably has -n"otches 33-cu't therein. 'These notches are -=adaptedt0 beengaged by fLI'lilllClL'SLlCll ;as 3% working in suitable openings in the section 7 and pivoted-to-said-section 7, asat'35. In an opening 36 in the zlatch Btworks a 'suitablysecuredirod 37, and with respect to which rodsaid opening36 is enlarged, which rod 37 also works in an=opening38 enlarged withrespe'ct to the rod 37 of a footilever or treadle 39 pivoted A at 40, approximately at its center, tosuitable lugs provided on the section 1. A plate 11, having a :suitable 'guideopeningfd2- in which works the latch V 34;, is secured to Ithezsection 7 as by means of 1 e250- set screws- 13. This plate is projected out- 'wardly as seen in Fig. 1-.so-,as .tOl form a guide for the member 31.

Byineans of the engagement of the-latch Biwith the notches 33,-the'sections 13 and 17 may be secured in any positions to which they may be" swung fromtthe bolt 14, it being necessary, 10h course, before: said sections 'are swung, that-.the :nut 15- is loosened.

upon-the 'treadle 39 to depress the same at I To'disengage the latch .34 -.from. the notches 33, the foot of *the workmanmay operate its free end, which will cause. the rod 37- to elevate the latch 34: and thereby vdisengage 1 'thes'ame from the slots 33. Instead OIEKJP',

- 5 'erating'the latch byimeans' of theitreadle, a,

tion to. be nailed to the shoe.

. adjusted an silient, as desired, and pivoted or rigidly fastened to the'lever at 47, as preferred. This hook member is adapted to clamp a shoe at its waist to the shoe last 25.

The lever 4A is normallyheld iii'its lowermost position by means of a' coil spring &8 connected thereto andto an adjustable securing member19 which is preferably adjustable so that the tension of the spring may be regulated. i' A lever 50 works in a suitable opening in the section 17 and is pivot edtb lugs of the section at 51 and'carrieslan,ar1n..,52"which passes under and iadjacent to",lthe' lever set and beyond the samehas attached a coil spring 53, which spring is also attached to an adjustable securing member 5," similar to thesepuring member 49,",wliich also :per-

mits the tension of the spring to be r gulated. The upperportmnbt'ithe lever 50Qis divided into arms 55to'whichis pivoted, jas by means of abolt 56, engagedby a med I nut 56, .a heel gage ,m 'eiiiber"57 having a hook'or projection 58uthereon adapted to engage the heel of a shoe pnemtnnm last 25. The gage 58, in mov i ngto' afposition engaging the .heel ofa ,shoe, ,is adapted to shove said heel, forwardly into, correct,

,59 designates a ha d 0. eratedlever,working in anelongated slot 60 of ljt h e' section 17 which, ,lever, is. piyoted at161 'togthe'fsection 17 a d:.bev n said rir t r i a r vjection 62. The gage memberfl57 may be 1 swung y from the bolt 56fto obtain any desired" height or, pitch adjustment 7 for the 1 heel.

I; The spri n ;s,h; and a 53. normallmhold the hook, member 4-6, and gage rnember57 in position engagmg the waist iand heel' o'ff a :shoe. 1n-.order to,reino,ve the; hook 1-6 and gage 57 from engagement with 'tlie shoeithe y hand lever. 59 is pressed downwardly and by. the engagement ot tlhev projection 62 thereon with the arm =52," the tter 59 Yelevates; said arin 52,,. which, in its upward movement, bears, a and elevates the are simultaneously moved, ham the permitting the shoeftoberemovedfrom the shoelast 25. The hand lever .59 has a, curved part 5 9,iwhich,when the lever has been depressed to the, lowest ersitreinity'l of the slot, passes the pivot centerfand thereya'fi rll f lfifill' l iitema l rle s or v hol stha h i ten sees 15 Let r; it m forward shoe engaging position. In order to restore said hook member and gage 57 into engagement with the shoe it is merely necessary to trip or raise the lever 59 whereupon the springs 48 and 53 will pull the gage into engagement with the heel and the hook member 46 into clamping engagement with the waist of the shoe. The hook member actuating mechanism and the heel gage actuating mechanism are so constructed that in moving to shoe engaging position the gage 57 will engage and shove the shoe heel after the hook member 46 engages the waist of the shoe to clamp the same to the last.

By means of the shoe engaging mechanism described, and especially by means of the provision of the gage 57, both heels of a pair of shoes may be built from the same adjustment of the gage 57 and thereby built alike, as said gage member 57 may be moved away from the shoe last without changing the adjustment thereof relative to the lever 50, which lever 50 may be returned to shoe engaging position, as has been previously set forth.

It is to be understood that the foregoing is the preferred and only one form of the invention and that the details of construction may be varied at will to suit changes in conditions and circumstances, provided such changes fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shoe jack, a shoe last section, an adjustable member movable with said shoe last section having a segmental portion provided with notches extending inwardly from its inner edge, a hollow supporting section, a latch adapted to fall into said notches by gravity extending through and beyond said section, said latch at one end being pivoted to said supporting section and at its other end adapted to directly engage said notches, a guide member for said latch fastened to the exterior of the supporting section adjacent the segmental portion, a foot lever, said foot lever being piv- -oted to the supporting section, and means within the supporting section connecting said latch and foot lever whereby the latch Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the will be operated by the foot lever, substantially as described.

2. In a shoe jack, a plurality of levers having means to engage a shoe, said levers being movable in different planes, one of said levers having an arm extending under the other lever, and means to actuate said lever so that its arm during movement will engage and actuate the other lever, substantially as described.

3. In a shoe jack, a last, means to clamp a shoe to the last, a gage member movable against the shoe heel to position it in addition to functioning as a gage, means to normally maintain the gage in engagement with the heel, and means operable to maintain the first means out of operative relation with the heel.

4. In a shoe jack, a first and a second lever, said levers being movable in planes at an angle to each other, each lever having shoe-engaging means thereon, said first lever during its movement adapted to engage the second lever whereby one lever will be actuated through movement of the other lever, and means operable against the first lever to cause operation of both levers.

5. In a shoe jack, a first lever, a second lever, a manually adjustable gage on said first lever, said second lever having means to engage a shoe, an arm on said first lever located below and adjacent the second lever, springs attached to said levers, and means engaging the arm of said first lever to move said leversto a position disengaging the shoe, comprising a lever automatically locking itself against movement when moved to a position disengaging the levers from the shoe, and a pro ection on said locking lever to engage the arm of the first lever, substantially as described.

6. In a shoe jack, a last, a lever having means to clamp a shoe to the last, a lever having means specifically to engage a heel of a shoe, and means to operate said levers so that said clamp means will engage the shoe before the heel engaging means engages the heel, substantially as described. JAMES 'HARROLD CLEMMER.

Witnesses:

H. F. MELToN, E. L. Moonns.

Washington, D. G. 

